Re: ibus package and packages with "ibus" in its name
Hi Dedeco!
On 2023-04-18 16:15, Dedeco Balaco wrote:
Hello,
I recently discovered *ibus* as a way to input unicode symbols anywhere,
and not only GTK software. The example i discovered is one _right
arrow__symbol_ "shortcut" that is:
1. Press and hold *ctrl *and *shift *keys.
2. Type the 5 keys: *u 2 1 9 2*
3. Release the *ctrl *and *shift *keys.
What happens with the above is that we see the keys typed in step 2
appearing in the screen, but they will be substituted by the symbol "→"
when we release the held keys, in step 3.
That method does not work for me on Gtk either. This method does, though:
https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/tips-specialchars.html.en#ctrlshiftu
But this does not work in any Qt made software, for example. But this
will be fixed with *ibus*, i was told.
Fine. Now i am installing *ibus* in my Debian. The *ibus* package does
not have many dependencies. But searching the repository for "ibus"
gives several results. Should i install them too?
No. If all you want to do is using code points for entering Unicode
characters, it's sufficient to do:
sudo apt install ibus
That will pull the additional packages which are neeed. Then reboot.
At login the im-config package will start ibus-daemon and set some
environment variables, including QT_IM_MODULE=ibus, which ought to make
sure that it works on QT apps too.
--
Rgds,
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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